You know, I never really thought I liked tassel jewelry. I don’t know why, but I didn’t for some reason. Maybe fear of it getting twisted in my hair, or maybe because I was a goth and thought tassels were too trendy for me, I dunno.
But now I’m like obsessed with them.
I found packs of them for a reasonable price, and thought “meh, why not. Worse case, they make good cat toys…” I was feeling sick the other night, dizzy and kind of out of it, and wanting to shove a pencil in my temple, so I needed a distraction.
I started twisting up some mizuhiki knots, which I guess is now my therapy when I’m watching TV. I inherited the “need to have my hands doing something” from my mother, who knits crazy beautiful things. In the past, it was embroidery, but my hands still hurt too much to hold a needle for too long. Before that, it was beading (which it’s now coming back around to). But right now, it’s mizuhiki stuffs.
Anywho, I had cords in the right colors to match the pile of tassels I had, and after a while, it just kind of worked.
And I love the results!
I haven’t gone out anywhere that warrants looking decent, much less wearing jewelry, but when I do, I’m wearing a pair of hot pink ones I made for myself, to match a hot pink dress and shawl my mother knitted me. Pictures if it ever happens, but for now, suffice to say, I am a fan of tassels on jewelry.